HENRY HUDSON & STELLA VINE: The Beautiful
and The Damned
A new Hiscox Art Project
1 Great St Helen's, London, EC3A 6HX
Exhibition Dates: 24 November 2005- 21 January 2006
Private View: 23 November 1800hrs - 2000hrs
31 October 2005, London: Controversial artists Henry Hudson and
Stella Vine have collaborated on a new art project, The Beautiful and
The Damned. They will be unveiling never-before seen paintings of
well-known figures from public life, including Kate Moss. The exhibition
is the latest in a series of Hiscox Art Projects, supporting contemporary
emerging artists.
For this project, Hudson and Vine have come together to explore images
and stories from tabloid newspapers. Taking as their starting point F
Scott Fitzgerald's novel of Jazz Age decadence, the artists draw parallels
to our celebrity saturated culture where reputations are made and lost
overnight.
Henry Hudson
For this exhibition, Hudson uses mixed media including painting, drawing
and collage to refer to current news stories covering subjects as diverse
as bird flu and the royal family, playing with time frames and historical
references. His work is grounded in a sense of theatre, the absurd and
the satirical, alluding to artists as diverse as Hogarth and Paul McCarthy.
Henry Hudson graduated from Central St Martins in 2005. He has a forthcoming
exhibition at a new gallery, 1 Ada Street, London.
Stella Vine
 Image: Stella Vine, Holy Water Cannot Help You Now, acrylic on canvas, 2005 |
Stella Vine's controversial paintings of familiar images from tabloid newspapers are a reflection of her personal fascination with popular culture and a response to some of the more tragic aspects of the lives highlighted by the media. Vine will exhibit new paintings of Kate Moss, this time likening the supermodel to Shakespeare's tragic heroine Ophelia. Using heavy impasto paint and bright colours, Vine's exuberant paintings are challenging yet compassionate. |
Stella Vine's previous exhibitions include Transition Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery, the Prague Biennial, Hamiltons Gallery and Roberts & Tilton in Los Angeles. Her work is in the collection of Charles Saatchi.
Elliot McDonald is curator of Hiscox Art Projects.
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Image attached: Stella Vine, Holy Water Cannot Help You Now, acrylic on canvas, 2005.
For further information including images please contact:
Anna Cusden Kallaway 020 7221 7883 anna.cusden@kallaway.co.uk
For further general information about Hiscox Art Projects please contact:
Elliot McDonald Hiscox 020 7448 6455 elliot.mcdonald@hiscox.com
About Hiscox Art Projects
Hiscox Art Projects is a contemporary exhibition space situated in the
London office of Europe's leading fine art insurer. Hiscox's aim is to
make exciting contemporary collections and exhibitions readily accessible
to those living and working in the City, as well as the wider art community.
Hiscox Art Collection
Hiscox enjoys uncovering and encouraging emerging talent, and has a collection
including a strong selection of Young British Artists, such as Gavin Turk
and Mark Wallinger.
About Hiscox plc
Hiscox plc is a specialist insurance group listed on the London Stock
Exchange where it has a market capitalisation of circa £600 million.
There are three main underwriting parts of the Group - Global Markets,
UK Retail and International Retail. Global Markets underwrites, via Syndicate
33, mainly internationally traded business in the London Market - generally
large or complex business which needs to be shared with other insurers
or needs the international licences of Lloyd's. The UK Retail business
offers a wide range of specialist insurance for professionals and business
customers, as well as high net worth individuals. It has regional offices
in Birmingham, Colchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Maidenhead. The International
Retail business has offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Guernsey, Munich and
Paris. The European offices write mainly fine art, high value household
business and some specialist professional indemnity business. The Guernsey
office underwrites fine art business and kidnap and ransom. Hiscox is
Europe's foremost specialist insurer of high value homes and fine art.
For further information, go to www.hiscox.com
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